Your Power BI guide to SQL PASS Summit 2018
SQL PASS Summit 2018 is here! The Power BI team is going to have another strong presence at the Seattle Convention Center next week, and we can hardly wait to see you there.
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New Power BI regions in India, Australia, and the United States
Starting today, Power BI is expanding to four new regions, allowing customers to locate their Power BI deployments closer to their data sources, either in Azure or on-premises, thus enabling faster performance of data refresh and lower networking egress costs.
» Read moreMicrosoft Power BI achieves HITRUST CSF certification
In the healthcare industry, the HITRUST Common Security Framework was developed to help address the multitude of security, privacy and regulatory challenges facing organizations today. Developed by IT and healthcare professionals, the CSF provides a highly prescriptive framework for managing a diverse set of federal and state regulations, standards, and frameworks. Today, Microsoft is pleased to announce that Power BI has been certified under the HITRUST CSF 8.1 certification criteria.
» Read moreFrom Insights to Action with the Power Apps custom visual
Power BI makes it possible for anyone to explore data and find insights to make better business decisions. But often, the insight itself isn’t the end result – instead, an action needs to be taken. It could be identifying an underperforming sales region and initiating a targeted promotion to get it on track. Or it might be identifying suspicious sensor readings from manufacturing devices and creating a work order to investigate. With the new PowerApps custom visual for Power BI, taking action has never been easier or more integrated.
» Read morePower BI Pro & Power BI Premium: Flexibility to choose the licensing best for you and your organization
There are two licensing options for Power BI: Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium. This provides the flexibility to select the model that best meets the needs of individual users and entire organizations – whether that’s equipping users with access to self-service BI, broadening the reach of BI content for users occasionally viewing dashboards and reports, or elevating storage sizes, increasing refresh rates and introducing other performance capabilities based on workload requirements.
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